The chance to get the job done ahead of schedule came up – and LCC highways jumped at it.
Fast thinking by LCC highways has resulted in one of the busiest lay-bys in the county getting a much-needed makeover in time for the summer season.
LCC highways officers and roads planners worked closely with roads partners and collaborators to take advantage of machinery, materials and works crews in the right place and time to get the job completed at extremely short notice.
By taking full advantage of the situation as it manifested, they managed to crowbar the lay-by works into an already packed schedule in place for the roads to Skegness.
The lay-by at Burgh le Marsh on the A158 was in a seriously deteriorated condition because it is so popular as a stop-off point for many thousands of road users travelling to-and-from Skegness every year.
Originally, the options for the lay-by were to either fill every individual pothole or strip back and replace the entire section’s surface.
Last week the tiny window opened-up in the schedule for other work plans allowing for the latter option to be taken. A works crew and machinery were planned in for the weekend on Friday, materials were delivered on Saturday morning and the entire job was completed later that day.
By working so quickly and efficiently one of the busiest sections of the road network on the Lincolnshire coastal route was refurbished, ready for thousands more stop-offs in the years to come.
Karen Cassar, assistant director of highways for LCC said:
“This is a great example of how hard we are trying to get jobs completed as quickly as possible without sacrificing the quality of the work.
“When the opportunity presented itself for us to get this lay-by repaired, we jumped at the chance. Getting this done so quickly has meant that we have not only made this busy lay-by a prime place for road users to use this summer, but we have also taken this job off future schedule.
“That means that we can now fit another job into the original schedule that was in place for later in the year.
“I want to thank everyone involved in making this happen. Working collaboratively in this way is something we always do when we can and the results speak for themselves.
“Whilst the work was underway on Saturday we did use temporary traffic management so that the crews and road users were safe, and I also want to thank everyone who was effected by this for their patience during that short period.”
For the latest information on road closures and works happening on the road network across Lincolnshire visit: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/roadworks.